The Joy of Painting Bob Ross

28Jan

I watch my website stats pretty closely, and it occurs to me that my most popular post is a Mother’s Day post from a couple of years ago in which I posted a typical picture of Bob Ross sitting at his canvas. This picture brings in about 80% of all the traffic to this blog. Bob is apparently a quite popular fellow. So in the interest of shamelessly fishing for more blog traffic, I’ve decided to have some fun with Bob and offer some variations on a theme. I hope you enjoy.

The Original Bob Ross

Cartoon Bob Ross

So that was the true secret of Bob Ross's success!

Who loves ya, baby?! Bob Ross, that's who!

Little known fact: Bob Ross had a thing for historical Native American figures.

I'll never forget the time that Bob Ross shampooed with Rogaine.

Then there was the time Bob Ross listened to network exec suggestions.

I'll never forget the time Bob Ross wished me a happy birthday.

This is how I imagine Bob Ross looks to stoners.

What's a nonsense post about Bob Ross without a little "Rickroll" thrown in?

I hope you have enjoyed this Bob Ross tribute as much as I enjoyed making it. Please, feel free to leave a comment and share your favorite Bob Ross memory. I’d love to hear what Bob Ross meant to you.

you can laugh and make fun sweetie, but i used to enjoy watching Bob i even learned a thing or two…he was better than the german guy who used to yell,”Fire it in dere.” when he painted something. Remember him?!”

I do remember that guy! You’re right, Bob was infinitely more tolerable. I’m just amazed by this hidden fascination that the internet seems to have with the fro’d one. You should check out some of the Bob Ross parodies on youtube. Some of them are pretty funny.

I first viewed a Bob Ross video in about 1990. It was an old video. He was teaching how to paint using my techniques which I developed after many years speedpainting in shopping centers around Australia. I put 6 lessons on a 2 hour video in 1979. The videos were dispersed world-wide. The lessons showed my techniques, how to paint clouds, trees, rocks, water, reflections, grass, waterfalls, sunsets and more. They were the exact same techniques Bob Ross used with some of the word for word the same as my script. Many painters have learnt from my tutorial painting videos, not only Bob Ross